Similitudes of ChristA.D.F. Randolph, 1885 - 159 pages |
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... beauty are in it ; age cannot impair it ; devils cannot do it harm . " On this rock , " said Christ , " will I build my church , and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it . " " Glorious things of thee are spoken , Zion , city ...
... beauty are in it ; age cannot impair it ; devils cannot do it harm . " On this rock , " said Christ , " will I build my church , and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it . " " Glorious things of thee are spoken , Zion , city ...
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... beauty that we should desire Him . " 8. The vine indicates the relation that Christ sustains to His people . He says , " I am the vine , ye are the branches . " Perhaps the chief signifi- cance of the figure lies just here . Separation ...
... beauty that we should desire Him . " 8. The vine indicates the relation that Christ sustains to His people . He says , " I am the vine , ye are the branches . " Perhaps the chief signifi- cance of the figure lies just here . Separation ...
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... beauty . Close at hand , one part may seem unimportant and unsightly ; but remove it , and you feel its loss . The branches , too , are affected alike by the same influences . In drought they languish , and in the 100 SIMILITUDES OF ...
... beauty . Close at hand , one part may seem unimportant and unsightly ; but remove it , and you feel its loss . The branches , too , are affected alike by the same influences . In drought they languish , and in the 100 SIMILITUDES OF ...
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... beauty on the earth . Think of the human family struck with blindness ! But more than this , not anything could live ; in total darkness every living thing must die . Nor would it be the silence of a common graveyard , but such as ...
... beauty on the earth . Think of the human family struck with blindness ! But more than this , not anything could live ; in total darkness every living thing must die . Nor would it be the silence of a common graveyard , but such as ...
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... beauty . Isaiah , predicting the joyful flourish- ing of Christ's kingdom , says : " The desert shall rejoice , and blossom as the rose . It shall blossom abundantly , and rejoice , even with joy and singing ; the glory of Lebanon shall ...
... beauty . Isaiah , predicting the joyful flourish- ing of Christ's kingdom , says : " The desert shall rejoice , and blossom as the rose . It shall blossom abundantly , and rejoice , even with joy and singing ; the glory of Lebanon shall ...
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Page 68 - For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 142 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 130 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, " I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright." I looked to Jesus, and I found In Him my Star, my Sun ; And in that Light of life I'll walk Till travelling days are done ! H.
Page 81 - Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
Page 28 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...
Page 44 - Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people : for in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Page 97 - And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Page 150 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, and drives away his fear.
Page 76 - GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God ! He whose word cannot be broken, Formed thee for his own abode : On the Rock of Ages founded — What can shake thy sure repose? With salvation's walls surrounded, Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
Page 14 - I heard the voice of Jesus say " Behold, I freely give The living water ; thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live : " I came to Jesus, and I drank Of that life-giving stream ; My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, And now I live In Him. 3 I heard the voice of Jesus say " I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright...